-----Forwarded Message----- From: Guido Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Alexander K.Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Fink-users] install / uninstall errors with postgresql-python-py22 Date: 23 Mar 2004 08:45:27 -0300
On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 22:50, Alexander K.Hansen wrote: > On Mar 22, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Guido Lorenz wrote: > <snip> > >>> 4. Nevertheless, removing the package with "dpkg --remove > >>> --force-depends postgresql-python-py22", gives: > >>> dpkg: error processing postgresql-python-py22 (--remove): > >>> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > >>> reinstall it before attempting a removal. > >>> Errors were encountered while processing: > >>> postgresql-python-py22 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Any ideas how to remove definitively the entry from the package > >>> database? > >>> > >>> Thanks for any advice > >>> Guido Lorenz > >>> > >>> > >> > >> sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq postgresql-python-py22 > >> > >> This should take care of it. > >> > >> -- > >> Alexander K. Hansen > >> Fink Documentarian > >> Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment > >> http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > >> > > > > Thank you for the immediate answer. > > I tried it out, resulting in the following error: > > > > dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq postgresql-python-py22 > > dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled: > > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > > (Reading database ... 123911 files and directories currently > > installed.) > > Removing postgresql-python-py22 ... > > shell-init: could not get current directory: getcwd: cannot access > > parent directories: Permission denied > > droplang: language "plpython" is not installed in database template1 > > dpkg: error processing postgresql-python-py22 (--remove): > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > postgresql-python-py22 > > > > Guido Lorenz > >> > > > > > > Is your terminal window pointed to some strange directory? > > > > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documentarian > Day Job: Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > Commands are executed from within home directory, did you mean that? Guido Lorenz > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
